Barcelona’s win over Espanyol means Hansi Flick’s side are officially winter champions and have now win nine consecutive La Liga games.
The run matches Flick’s best ever streak as manager of Barcelona and also puts his team seven points clear at the top of the table ahead of Real Madrid’s clash with Real Betis later.
Interestingly, the stats also show that Barcelona are now 11 points better off than at the same stage of last season when they went on to win La Liga in Flick’s first season in charge.
Barcelona have already amassed 49 points, are on target to reach 98, and also boast a better goal difference than at the same stage of last season (53 goals for and 20 conceded, compared to 51 scored and 22 conceded in 2024-25).
Scoring goals really hasn’t been a problem for Barca under Flick. The Catalan giants have now netted in each of their last 39 LaLiga games (scoring 105 goals), which is the best current streak of any team in Europe’s top five leagues.
Attention will now switch from La Liga to the Spanish Super Cup and a chance to retain their trophy and lift the first silverware of the season in Saudi Arabia.
Flick admitted the win over Espanyol will give his team a boost as they prepare to take on Athletic Club in the semi-finals in Jeddah.
“It gives us confidence. Like any victory. It wasn’t easy after the Christmas break,” he told reporters.
“This win gives us more confidence. Let’s hope it goes well. We’ll see. I’m very happy with what I’ve seen in training. We suffered, but we got the three points.”
